Evidence of Gas Hydrates in Block 26—Offshore Trinidad

Jill Marcelle- De Silva, Adrian Thomas, Wanda Lee De Landro Clarke and Michelle Allum
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Jill Marcelle- De Silva: Petroleum Studies Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Adrian Thomas: St. Mary’s College, Fenham Hall Drive, Flat E, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9YH, UK
Wanda Lee De Landro Clarke: Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Level 23, Tower C, International Waterfront Centre, #1 Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Michelle Allum: PetroCom Technologies Limited, 80 Woodford Street, Newtown, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Energies, 2012, vol. 5, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Natural gas hydrates are increasingly viewed as a potential economic resource as energy demands rise. In this study, three-dimensional seismic data for Block 26 in the Atlantic Continental Margin offshore Trinidad were evaluated to determine if there is the potential for oceanic hydrate-bearing sediments. The seismic dataset covered an area of approximately 1210 km 2 of the continental slope. A bottom simulating reflector which generally ran parallel to the sea floor and cut the dominant stratigraphy was observed and mapped over approximately 43% of the study area.

Keywords: hydrates; Trinidad; unconventional reservoir (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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